Mechanical Operator
Circa £28,000 to £35,000 dependent on skills and experience
Permanent, 37 hours per week
Location – Carlisle / Penrith / Livingstone

Dive into a world of opportunity, and join our team!

Alpheus (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anglian Water Group), specialise in providing innovative water and wastewater asset management services tailored for commercial and industrial clients. We are renowned for our advanced, commercially-focused solutions and our unwavering commitment to excellence.

In this exciting role as a Mechanical Operator, you are responsible for the successful completion of routine, reactive and remedial work on sites, working in a safe efficient manner at all times.

Working closely with your Manager and Delivery Technician, you’ll identify, develop and implement optimisation opportunities throughout our operational activities, driving down operational costs.

This role will participate in our ‘out of hours’ emergency standby rota, attending call outs in a timely manner and proactively carrying out repairs ensuring compliance is maintained.

Key responsibilities

• Carry out daily routine maintenance work on various treatment facilities, including general cleaning, sampling and maintenance tasks
• Carry out repairs and replacement work on a wide range of pumping and treatment plant assets
• Carry out fault finding on all mechanical assets, demonstrating a firm ‘first time fix’ attitude
• Carry out confined space entries, repairs of plant, and cleaning of tanks as required
• Assist the Regional Operations Manager in planning daily routes
• Maintain an excellent standard of Health and Safety, ensuring all issues, concerns, and incidents are reported correctly, in a timely manner
• Adhere to all Alpheus/Client’s procedures, policies, work instructions and requirements
• Ensure you are in possession of, and wearing appropriate PPE and safety equipment when required and reporting any deficiencies immediately
• Responsible for site safety and site tidiness to the highest standards

As a valued employee you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care.
• 25 days annual leave.
• Life Cover at 8x your salary.
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary.
• Flexible working.
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%.
• Bonus scheme.
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

What does it take to be successful?

• Experience of a broad range of water and wastewater treatment technologies
• Experience in water and wastewater pumping systems
• Excellent Health and Safety knowledge and experience
• Good knowledge of key aspects of environmental legislations
• Experience in routine maintenance, sampling and mechanical hands of work
• Excellent communication skills with a professional manner when dealing with clients
• Excellent technical/operational and process knowledge
• Self-motivated with a good eye for detail
• Excellent organisational skills

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: 14th May 2026
Interviews: as soon as possible

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